Object Details
Published by
Westbound Records, American, founded 1968
Recorded by
Parliament-Funkadelic, American, founded 1955
Produced by
George Clinton, American, born 1941
Recorded by
Bernie Worrell, American, 1944 - 2016
Eddie Hazel, American, 1950 - 1992
Description
A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On," recorded by Funkadelic, produced by George Clinton, and written by Clinton, Bernie Worrell, and Eddie Hazel with the record label Westbound Records. The double-sided vinyl disc (2022.31.1a) has a colorful [WESTBOUND RECORDS] label with the album information in black text. The record jacket (2022.31.1b) is printed in color. The cover art was designed by George Clinton and Pedro Bell and drawn by Bell and his brother Bruse Bell. It depicts an outer space landscape with several characters with human and non-human characteristics running with a banner [UNITED STREAKER FRONT], three cliffs, and a body of water. On the bottom left corner in black text is the label name.
The back of the record jacket continues the theme of an outer space landscape with characters on a ship saying [THERE’S NOTHING HARDER / TO STOP THAN A IDEA / WHOSE TIME HAS COME / TO PASS! FUNKADELIC / IS WOT TIME IT IS!]. At the top center is the album list in two columns. In the upper right corner in right text is label number [SEWA 040]. The bottom features the label information and barcode.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Caleb and Eli Tucker-Raymond
Date
1974; reissued 1991
Object number
2022.31.1ab
Restrictions & Rights
© 1974 Westbound Records
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
long-playing records
Medium
(a) vinyl with ink on paper
(b) ink on cardboard
Dimensions
Diameter (a, disc): 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)
H x W (b, jacket): 12 × 12 in. (30.5 × 30.5 cm)
Place made
United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Record Albums
Movement
Afrofuturism
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Composers (Musicians)
Funk (Music)
Instrumentalists (Musicians)
Music
Musicians
Rhythm and blues (Music)
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2022.31.1ab